I am coming from an iPhone and finally decided to make the switch. This phone is excellent by I have a serious problem with them emails. They don't fit the screen. I can't stand scrolling around the screen to view the entire email. I have googled this has found that people have been complaining about this for almost a year since the ICS upgrade from GB. There seem to be no solutions. This is my last resort and I am about to give up and buy an iPhone 5. I hope someone can help and point me in the right direction.
PS a lot of people mention landscaped view which does not really work because the email header take up more then half the screen leaving almost no space to view the email it self making it even more inefficient.
Gmail - General Settings - Ensure "Auto-fit messages" is checked
AutoFit emails to screen Android
Thank you. The Gmail app for the longest time did not have these options so I din't even bother to check.
To everyone else who needs this. I have done some research and found that Gmail 4.2 only avail on JB 4.1 fixes this problem. ICS has only updated Gmail to 4.1.2 so this feature is not avail. But I have successfully uninstalled 4.1.2 on ICS and installed Gmail 4.2 and it works. But be warned that there is no option to AutoFit on ICS. Emails autofit by default so you cannot turn it off. Important for people who need large text.
Here is the tread for more info. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933273
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I use 3 Google Calendars on my account, personal, work and rota. Since I've had my Nexus One, I notice some of them are not showing on the calendar on my phone, although I see them on the web version.
When I click some of them it shows -
Creator: [email protected] for Work
Most others don't show creator info (probably set before I had a Nexus), just the event time and date... these one's show fine.
Does anyone know what's happening? I rely on them quite a lot, so if things stop working, it's going to make my life more difficult
**EDIT** Okay, literally as I'm typing this and playing with things, they all seem to have come back...
Anyone ever seen this happen?
Also, while I'm here, how do I change the first day of the week to be a Sunday instead of a Monday on the Nexus Calendar?
Thanks for any help...
This is apparaently quite a common issue => search or google calendar sync issue in google and you'll find lots of info on it esp. the Google Calender help forum.
This happened to my nexus and I read somewhere that programs like toggle settings and quick settings seem to cause this (something to do with them taking control over sync settings). So I uninstalled both of them and a couple of hours later I was glad to see the calendar sync was working again!
I did however quite like Toggle settings and wish there was a way I could use it without it messing up the calendar sync function. If anyone has any ideas that would be greatly appreciated.
I'm wonder if this has happened to anyone else or not and if so how did you fix it. Randomly when a new email comes into one of my comcast email accounts and I go to the mailbox all of my old emails that were marked as read and just sitting in my inbox are gone. I hit the "Load more messages" button at the bottom of the mailbox and they all come right back but now they are marked as unread. Typically this wouldn't be a big deal but I'm getting over 100 emails a day and need to save a lot of them so I don't want to have to keep marking those 50 as read every time 1 new email comes through. Anyone else have this happen or have any thoughts on how to fix it?
Same thing here, but it was happening on my myTouch3G with Cyanogen6 Froyo too, so I don't think it's the phone. Also, I have it set to delete from server if deleted from inbox, but after deleting some I'll get an update in an hour with some, if not all, of the same emails still.
Froyo bugs with the email app I'm guessing?
Hopefully this gets fixed with an OTA updated or a custom ROM, very annoying, especially since it didn't happen on my Backflip with 1.5 or 2.1 custom rom. Glad to see I'm not the only one, and I have all the settings set up the same way you do to, but the emails never get deleted from the server.
If you didn't have a 2.2 ROM my guess then is it's a general Froyo bug. I didn't notice it on stock 1.6 with the myTouch, only after updating to Cyanogen6 with 2.2, but when I searched their forums, feedback seemed to indicate it was a Cyanogen bug, not Froyo.
Time to see if this already has a bug report on Google lol
Hi all-
My Samsung Vibrant TouchWiz Calendar is not sending invites to participants when saving the calendar entry to exchange 2003 push synced calendar. I only sync my calendar and email to exchange (not my contacts because I can't add ringtones to exchange contacts). The calendar entry gets synced to exchange, but shows up in outlook with no attendees. Also the attendees never receive an invite email. The touchwiz calendar however will send invites when I save the calendar entry to gmail. Is this a limitation or a bug? As a side note, the default Android calendar on my coworkers droid (not TouchWiz) synced to the same exchange 2003 server works just fine at creating calendar entries with participants and sending meeting invites.
PS: I'm the IT admin for everything so I can check any setting or apply any fix because I'm awesome...
C to the L-O-T-O-R-I-O, U-S, you just, lay down slow. Recognize a real digital don when you see one. Sipping on booze, reading tech reviews.
Really guys? No one has an answer our similar experience?
C to the L-O-T-O-R-I-O-U-S, U-S, you just, lay down slow. Sipping on booze, reading tech reviews.
Still no expert opinion? Am I the only one?
C to the L-O-T-O-R-I-O-U-S, U-S, you just, lay down slow. Sipping on booze, reading tech reviews.
This seems to be a problem in the stock e-mail / calendaring client. So far, I have found only 3 work arounds:
1. Schedule meetings from the PC client (which is what I do).
2. Schedule meetings using a third-party client like TouchDown or Roadsync. I used to use Roadsync, but their later builds have not been up to par. So, I've moved back to stock.
3. Send your calendar invitation as an attachment from the Calendar app.
I don't know if 2.2 fixes this shortcoming or not.
There's been a long conversation about this elsewhere, but I'd have to search around for that thread.
P.S. That is interesting about your co-worker's droid.
ScratchSF,
Thanks for the update. I am glad atleast someone took the time to review. I have been flipping through AndroidForums, XDA, T-Mobile Forums, etc for a fix/workaround or at least an answer from someone with a bit more experience. I agree with you on the third party app. I tried TouchDown and the UI is just not something I could ever get used to using. I am not sure it is a stock email/calendar client issue, more likely its the Touchwiz interface. What leads me to this conclusion like I said in the previous post is the following observations:
TouchWiz Calendar is able to send invites when saving calendar entries to gmail calendar
I have verified with my own eyes that one of my employees, Droid sends invites when saving to his exchange calendar and he is running Eclair 2.1 with the stock android calendar
Various other shortcoming of the Touchwiz calendar including having to specify which calendar to save to for every calendar entry created (With the un-deleteable "My Calendar" being the default)
I appreciate you clearing the air and letting me know that there is a thread out there that discusses this issue in further detail. My curiosity is peaked however, I would enjoy reading what others have said so if you could send me the thread to look at, I would appreciate it.
You could always just replace the TouchWiz calendar with the stock one. Also, it's "piqued my interest" not "peaked"... that always irks me...
ScratchSF,
Thanks for responding to the post and clearing some of the confusion running around in my head. 8 Years of IT experience, 1 month of Android experience. You get the picture.
I would love to read the thread you are refering to that discusses this issue in further detail (I have yet to see one that fully details the issues) and I have been searching for a month now.
I do agree that if the limitation is an Android issue, the fact that my employee's Eclair 2.1 with stock Calendar being able to save calender entries to exchange and have the invites go out it a pecuiliarity. However in my research I see that there are quite a few issues with the Samsung/Touchwiz calendar (besides my problem) that would make it much more likely that Samsung does not properly support Exchange syncing yet. My understanding with 2.2. Exchange enhancements was that Tasks and Memo syncing would be added features. I personally have seen my employee's droid function correctly (running the stock calendar).
So if you could dredge up the thread you where talking about so I can read for my own sense of sanity, I would appreciate it.
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You could always just replace the TouchWiz calendar with the stock one. Also, it's "piqued my interest" not "peaked"... that always irks me...
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Kuhan,
Sorry to say that I have already tried that. Replacing the TouchWiz calendar with the stock Android calendar causes a force close when attempting to sync to Exchange. This is likely to do with the stock Android Calendar provider not having the same hooks that the Samsung/TouchWiz calendar provider has. It was my first step (as I think the stock calendar is far better).
Any other ideas?
Update... Upgraded to Team Whiskey Obsidian V2 and then V4.2 w/ULF and since the upgrade, calendar had been working like a dream. Invites sent via exchange get sent to the recipient through exchange. Accepted invites still don't update the status of participants but oh well it works!
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Anyone else having issues with the email app? Mine seems to just keep spinning when trying to download new emails so I have to keep killing it and relaunching it to get new emails. Sometimes even after I see the list of messages, if I click on one to read it just churns like its trying to d/l message. I have to kill and relaunch again. Irritating as you can imagine.
I'm on yahoo and believe I'm on the latest release. I'm not on any fancy from, just the stock + updates. Yes. I'm the original owner.
Just looking for guidance here. Seemed to be fine until the last few months. I thought it might have been the widget so I removed that and just check email from the app itself. No go. I really kinda miss the nice widget UI that tells me how messages in queue but will just take a consistently working email app I don't have to re-launch every time I want to check email.
Thanks in advance for any help.
What do use on your Note and why?
I've always used the Gmail app..
Yesterday I decided to try the stock one (only for my gmail account) and it's actualy pretty nice.
It goes very well with the Note's big screen (split view on landscape)
And nice integration with the S pen. For example:
* Multi select emails with the pen (like on gallery)
* Email's previews while hovering
* When attaching a file, hovering over the "attachment pin" shows a floating thumbnails of the last 4 photos you've taken
* You can write over emails and have a written based signature
So, what do you say??
Btw, a question for those who use the stock:
What's more battery friendly? Push or set it to refresh every hour?
I have only 1 gmail account and it is not necessary for me to receive emails immediately.
gabi11 said:
What do use on your Note and why?
I've always used the Gmail app..
Yesterday I decided to try the stock one (only for my gmail account) and it's actualy pretty nice.
It goes very well with the Note's big screen (split view on landscape)
And nice integration with the S pen. For example:
* Multi select emails with the pen (like on gallery)
* Email's previews while hovering
* When attaching a file, hovering over the "attachment pin" shows a floating thumbnails of the last 4 photos you've taken
* You can write over emails and have a written based signature
So, what do you say??
Btw, a question for those who use the stock:
What's more battery friendly? Push or set it to refresh every hour?
I have only 1 gmail account and it is not necessary for me to receive emails immediately.
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Tbh I installed K9 Mail aas soon as I got my Note 4, I've never even tried using stock email client.
After reading those features I might actually give it a go.
I primarily use K9 because for me it doesn't seem to drain the battery. Emails come through nice and quickly without causing the phone to have a high count of wakelocks.
gabi11 said:
What do use on your Note and why?
I've always used the Gmail app..
Yesterday I decided to try the stock one (only for my gmail account) and it's actualy pretty nice.
It goes very well with the Note's big screen (split view on landscape)
And nice integration with the S pen. For example:
* Multi select emails with the pen (like on gallery)
* Email's previews while hovering
* When attaching a file, hovering over the "attachment pin" shows a floating thumbnails of the last 4 photos you've taken
* You can write over emails and have a written based signature
So, what do you say??
Btw, a question for those who use the stock:
What's more battery friendly? Push or set it to refresh every hour?
I have only 1 gmail account and it is not necessary for me to receive emails immediately.
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The one big BIG plus with gmail app is that it is way faster in fetching mails and loading the contents, especially when you are travelling and have a weak/unstable signal.
I switched from stock to gmail due to this simple reason and left behind all the stock goodies.
@maksharma231, Yeah I agree the stock can be slighly slower, but nothing significant.
Probably due to the network issue you raised..
gabi11 said:
@maksharma231, Yeah I agree the stock can be slighly slower, but nothing significant.
Probably due to the network issue you raised..
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Yup, if you are in a perfect setting i.e. at home/office stock might be your best bet. But if you wanna access mails on the fly, while travelling, I prefer gmail. Its more reliable.
Its a battle of speed vs features. For me speed wins. For many, features win.
Both the apps are good
PS: If your area has underground subs/trains etc gmail app will save you a lot of frustration
Stock email is way way better man. Tho Gmail is nice too, it's better for us to use the stock one (SPen functionaity & others u mentioned). For battery life, have it pushed to u every few hrs or so. If u have outlook, or yahoo mail, change the non important accounts to Manual refresh.
For me, i used GMail for a while, then went back to stock. My important email's i make Priority and when i receive em, i have S-Voice announce the Email header/ Title to me automatically over speakerphone. Pretty cool
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Stock email is way way better man. Tho Gmail is nice too, it's better for us to use the stock one (SPen functionaity & others u mentioned). For battery life, have it pushed to u every few hrs or so. If u have outlook, or yahoo mail, change the non important accounts to Manual refresh.
For me, i used GMail for a while, then went back to stock. My important email's i make Priority and when i receive em, i have S-Voice announce the Email header/ Title to me automatically over speakerphone. Pretty cool
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Yeah, I'm still with the stock one..
So you're saying that having it synced once an hour or so is better for battery than regular push?
It's seemed logical to me to, but then I read somewhere that sometimes, causing the device to wake up especially for checking email drains more battery than regular push....
So I'm pretty confused about it....
I replaced gmail with aquamail.. I found battery was better. Also gmail can't send pre made contact groups
I use aquamail with accounts settings for imap push. Instant email delivery and not battery hungry.
+1 for aquamail.
worth its cost